Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu is an ecclesiastical territory or particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The diocese is comprised of the entire state of Hawaii and the unincorporated Hawaiian Islands. The diocese is suffragan to the Metropolitan Province of San Francisco which includes the dioceses of Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Stockton. The patrons of the Diocese of Honolulu are the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Our Lady of Peace, and Blessed Damien of Molokai.

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Particular church - Roman Catholic Church - United States - Diocese - State - Hawaii - Hawaiian Islands - Metropolitan Province of San Francisco - Las Vegas - Oakland - Reno - Sacramento - Salt Lake City - San Francisco - San Jose - Santa Rosa - Stockton - Patrons - Blessed Virgin Mary - Our Lady of Peace - Blessed Damien of Molokai

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The Diocese of Honolulu is led by the prelature of the Bishop of Honolulu in the City of Honolulu. He concurrently serves as pastor of the motherchurch, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. With his presbyterium, the bishop ministers in eleven languages: Chinese, English, Hawaiian, Ilokano, Japanese, Korean, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Tongan and Vietnamese.

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Prelature - Bishop of Honolulu - City of Honolulu - Pastor - Motherchurch - Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Presbyterium - Chinese - English - Hawaiian - Ilokano - Japanese - Korean - Samoan - Spanish - Tagalog - Tongan - Vietnamese

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Originally a prefecture of the Apostolic Vicariate of Oceania, the Vatican canonically erected from its territories the Apostolic Vicariate of the Sandwich Islands. Blessed Pope Pius IX changed its name in 1848 becoming the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands. Venerable Pope Pius XII elevated the apostolic vicariate to the dignity of a diocese on January 25, 1941, as it remains today.

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Vatican - Blessed Pope Pius IX - 1848 - Venerable Pope Pius XII - Apostolic vicariate - January 25 - 1941

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